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Full name: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam,

This person or thing (agent) has been used 107 times within our collections systems.

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An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798: : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; and sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony; with a map constructed entirely from actual observations made in the course of the travels. / By John Barrow, late secretary to the Earl of Macartney, and Auditor-General of Public Accounts, at the Cape of Good Hope..

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Author.: Barrow, John, (Sir,)
Printer.: Strahan, Andrew
Publisher.: Cadell, Thomas
Publisher.: Davies, William,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

The history of Sumatra, : containing an account of the government, laws, customs, and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island. / By William Marsden, ...

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Author.: Marsden, William,
Printer.: M'Creery, John,
Publisher.: Marsden, William,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)
Bookbinder.: Bowtell, John,

A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793: : containing a general view of the valuable productions and political importance of this flourishing kingdom; and also of such European settlements as were visited on the voyage: with sketches of the manners, character, and condition of their several inhabitants. To which is annexed an account of a journey, made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation, being the remotest point in the interior of southern Africa to which Europeans have hithero penetrated. ... / By John Barrow, esq. F. R. S. ...

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Author.: Barrow, John, (Sir,)
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Tārīkh-i Firishtah. Selections. English

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Author.: Firishtah, Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī,
Translator.: Dow, Alexander,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)
Publisher.: Becket, Thomas,
Publisher.: De Hondt, P. A.

Travels in the island of Iceland : during the summer of the year MDCCCX / by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, baronet ...

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Mackenzie, George Steuart, (Sir,)
Compiler: Holland, Henry (Sir,)
Compiler: Bright, Richard,
Publisher: Miller, William
Publisher: Murray, John
Publisher: Constable, Archibald
Publisher: Cadell, Thomas
Publisher.: Davies, William
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

The travels and memoirs of Sir John Reresby, Bart. : the former (now first published) exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states and courts of Europe, during the time of Cromwell's usurpation ; the latter containing anecdotes, and secret history, of the courts of Charles II. and James II. Illustrated with forty portraits, and views of the most remarkable persons and places mentioned..

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Author.: Reresby, John,
Bookseller.: Jeffery, Edward,
Bookseller.: Rodwell, J.
Printer.: McMillan, Buchanan,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Travels in China, : containing descriptions, observations, and comparisons, made and collected in the course of a short residence at the imperial palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a subsequent journey through the country from Peking to Canton. In which it is attempted to appreciate the rank that this extraordinary empire may be considered to hold in the scale of civilised nations. / By John Barrow, F.R.S. ... illustrated with several engravings..

Maker(s)

Author.: Barrow, John, (Sir,)
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

A new general collection of voyages and travels, consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language ; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America : with respect to the several empires, kingdoms, and provinces ; their situation, extent, bounds and division, climate, soil and produce ; their lakes, rivers, mountains, cities, prinicpal towns, harbours, buildings, &c. and the gradual alterations that from time to time have happened in each ; also the manners and customs of the several inhabitants, their religion and government, arts and sciences, trades and manufactures ; so as to form a compleat system of modern geography and history, exhibiting the present state of all nations ; illustrated not only with charts of the several divisions of the ocean, and maps of each country, entirely new composed, as well as new engraved, by the best hands, from the latest surveys, discoveries, and astronomical observations ; but likewise with variety of plans, and prospects of coasts, harbours, and cities ; besides cuts representing antiquities, animals, vegetables, the persons and habits of the people, and other curiosities ; selected from the most authentic travellers, foreign as well as English. Published by His Majesty's authority.

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Engraver.: Kitchin, Thomas,
Engraver.: Child, G.,
Engraver.: Parr, Nathaniel,
Bookseller.: Astley, Thomas,
Compiler.: Green, John,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with a journal of travels from London through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. : To which are added, the revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of Nadir Kouli. In four volumes. ... / By Jonas Hanway, merchant..

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Author.: Hanway, Jonas,
Bookseller.: Nourse, J.
Bookseller.: Millar, Andrew
Bookseller.: Dodsley, Robert,
Bookseller.: Paterson, Samuel,
Bookseller.: Vaillant, Paul,
Bookseller.: Waugh, James ((Bookseller))
Bookseller.: Willcock,
Engraver.: Ravenet, Simon François,
Engraver.: Gibson, J.
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Voyage autour du monde : par la frégate du roi la Boudeuse, et la flûte l'Étoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769.

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Author.: Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, (Comte,)
Bookseller.: Saillant, Charles,
Bookseller.: Nyon, Jean-Luc,
Printer.: Le Breton, André François,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Accurata, e succinta descrizione topografica delle antichitá di Roma / dell' abate Ridolfino Venuti Cortonese ...

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Author: Venuti, Ridolfino,
Engraver: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Engraver: Mogalli, Niccolò,
Publisher: Bernabò, Giovanni Battista,
Publisher: Lazzarini, Giuseppe,
Donor: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount)

The history of Hindostan, : from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A dissertation on the origin and nature of despotism in Hindostan. II. An enquiry into the state of Bengal; with a plan for restoring that kingdom to its former prosperity and splendor. / By Alexander Dow ... .

Maker(s)

Author.: Dow, Alexander,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)
Publisher.: Becket, Thomas,
Publisher.: De Hondt, P. A.

Collectanea curiosa; or Miscellaneous tracts, relating to the history and antiquities of England and Ireland, the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a variety of other subjects. / Chiefly collected, and now first published, from the manuscripts of Archbishop Sancroft; given to the Bodleian Library by the late bishop Tanner. In two volumes..

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Editor.: Gutch, John,
Sancroft, William,
Bookseller.: Prince, Daniel,
Bookseller.: Cooke, Joshua
Bookseller.: Cadell, T.
Bookseller.: Robson, James,
Bookseller.: Merrill, Thomas,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Picturesque views on the upper, or Warwickshire Avon : from its sources at Naseby to its junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury ; with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art in its vicinity / by Samuel Ireland, author of "A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France" ; and of "Picturesque views on the Rivers Thames, Medway," &c.

Maker(s)

Author.: Ireland, Samuel,
Publisher.: Faulder, Robert,
Publisher.: Egerton, Thomas ((Bookseller))
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Remarques historiques et anecdotes sur le château de la Bastille. English

Maker(s)

Author.: Brossais Du Perray,
Editor.: Howard, John,
Bookseller.: Cadell, T.
Bookseller.: Conant, Nathaniel,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Picturesque views on the River Wye : from its source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its junction with the Severn below Chepstow: with observations on the public buildings, and other works of art, in its vicinity: By Samuel Ireland, Author of ''a Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France ; '' and, Of ''Picturesque Views on the Rivers Thames, Medway, ''Warwickshire Avon, '' &c.

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Author.: Ireland, Samuel
Publisher.: Faulder, Robert,
Publisher.: Egerton, Thomas ((Bookseller))
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Historia de la conquista de México, población y progresos de la América Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva España / escribiala Don Antonio de Solís ...

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Solís, Antonio de,
Publisher.: Sancha, Antonio de,
Bookbinder: Barratt, T.,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Monasticon Hibernicum; or, An history of the abbies, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland. : Interspersed with memoirs of their several founders and benefactors, and of their abbots and other superiors, to the time of their final suppression. ... With engravings of the several religious and military habits, and a map illustrating the history. / By Mervyn Archdall, ...

Maker(s)

Archdall, Mervyn,
Publisher.: White, Luke ((Bookseller))
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Recueil d'antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques et romaines.

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Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe, (Comte de,)
Bookseller.: Tilliard, Nicolas-Martin,
Printer.: Simon, Claude-François,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)
Bookseller.: Duchesne, Nicolas-Bonaventure,

Nugæ antiquæ: : being a miscellaneous collection of original papers, in prose and verse; written during the reigns of Henry VIII. Edward VI. Queen Mary, Elizabeth, and King James: / by Sir John Harington. Selected from authentic remains by the late Henry Harington, M.A. and newly arranged, with illustrative notes, by Thomas Park, ...

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Harington, John, (Sir,)
Editor.: Harington, Henry,
Writer.: Park, Thomas,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Ancient reliques; or, Delineations of monastic, castellated, & domestic architecture : and other interesting subjects / with historical and descriptive sketches.

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Engraver.: Storer, James,
Engraver.: Greig, John,
Printer.: Clarke, W.,
Printer.: Carpenter, James,
Printer.: Chapple, Clement,
Printer.: Richardson, J. M.
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Picturesque views, with an historical account of the Inns of court : in London and Westminster. By Samuel Ireland, Author of a tour through Holland, Brabant, &c. of picturesque views of the rivers thames, medway, avon, and wye, and of graphic illustrations of hogarth, &c. &c.

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Author.: Ireland, Samuel,
Publisher.: Egerton, John,
Publisher.: Faulder, Robert,
Printer.: Clarke, Charles,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Description géographique des isles Antilles possédées par les Anglois.

Maker(s)

Author.: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)
Publisher.: Didot, François-Ambroise,

Picturesque views on the river Thames : from its source in Gloucestershire to the Nore with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its vicinity. In two volumes. / by Samuel Ireland ...

Maker(s)

Ireland, Samuel.
Publisher.: Egerton, Thomas ((Bookseller))
Printer.: Clarke, Charles,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

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